Summarized & Analyzed “The BFG”

By Student World

The story is set primarily in England, Giant Country, and Dream Country. The story begins and ends in England.

The novel has an omniscient third-person narrator; however, Sophie is also the narrator of the story. She is a little orphaned girl who happens to be living in an orphanage in England at the beginning of the story.

Summarized & Analyzed "The BFG"
Copyright
Author’s Note
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview.
Chapter Three: Major Characters
The BFG
Sophie
Queen of England
Other Giants
Mrs. Clonkers
Chief of the British Army
Fleshlumpeater
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Dec 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370657841

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Summarized & Analyzed The BFG

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Summarized & Analyzed The BFG

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Summarized & Analyzed The BFG

Copyright

Author’s Note

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Plot Overview

Chapter Three: Major Characters

Chapter Four: Complete Summary

Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

Author’s Note

The present book that you are about to read is not the original text of the novel The BFG. It is the summarized and analyzed version of the original text, written for the students, teachers, and book lovers, who want to go beyond the original text.

Kindly do not download this book if you need the original novel. It is not a novel, it is a guide book that enables you to understand the original text better.

All the best

Student World

Chapter One: Introduction

The BFG stands for Big Friendly Giant. This children’s novel written by Roald Dahl was first published in 1982. The book is illustrated by Quentin Blake.

The author had initially written it as a short story in his book Danny, the Champion of the World, but he later expanded it and got it published it as an illustrated book for children.

The author dedicated The BFG to his late daughter, Olivia. The author’s daughter had died of measles in 1962 when she was only seven years old. Up to this day, more than 4 million copies of the book have been sold in the United Kingdom alone.

The book was adapted for an animated television movie in 1989. It was also adapted for stage.

The story primarily revolves around a young girl name Sophie. She happens to be living in an orphanage. The headmistress of the orphanage is a mean woman.

One night, Sophie is in her bed but she is awake. Suddenly, she sees the Big Friendly Giant coming down the road. The BFG is giving children dreams.

The BFG takes Sophie away to the land of the giants. There are many other giants, but the BFG helps her so that she is not eaten by the other giants who are not as kind as the BFG is. The other giants are quite nasty and cruel, and they eat children.

Sophie is able to subdue them with her wit and stops them when they are ready to go to eat the Queen of England. The BFG helps Sophie in her attempt. The giants are captured and the story ends on a happy note.

The BFG adopts Sophie at the end of the story